Review: The ‘94 Club (Crave Productions)

Sexuality and identity are key themes in this play, now on stage at Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre

Entry to The ‘94 Club—currently running at the Tarragon Theatre—grants you a gorgeously written and deeply empathetic play about a crew of fifteen-year-old girls exploring their sexualities. They devise a competition among themselves to this end, one that makes for a riveting survey of sex, gender, and consent as they grapple with these concepts for the first time.

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Cheap Theatre in Toronto the Week of May 8th, 2018

Five Shows Under $25 in Toronto this Week

Live theatre shows in Toronto with ticket prices of $25 or less, playing the week of May 8th, 2018. Perfect for the budget-conscious theatre-goer. This week’s selections are feature sibling rivalries, famous Prime Ministers, and some groundbreaking PWYC options typical of Toronto’s vibrant indie theatre community! Check them out below the cut:

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Kid + 1 Review: Salmon Girl (Young People’s Theatre/Raven Spirit Dance)

Toronto’s Young People’s Theatre presents Raven Spirit Dance’s play Salmon Girl

You think you understand kids, and then they surprise you – or at least they surprised me at Salmon Girl, presented at Young People’s Theatre and created by the folks at Raven Spirit Dance.  While there were some mis-steps in the production, it has solid bones and there were parts of the show where my young companions, two enthusiastic second-graders, were literally motionless with interest and attention.

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